Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 05:22 PM |
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Steel Coffee Cup
My 2.0i Pinto has a steel coffee cup thing wrapped around my distributor (well it did have!).
Will I experience any ill effects due to the fact it is now in my wheely bin? There was not enough room in the engine bay for it (really!)
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Peteff
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 05:34 PM |
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It's not for your benefit , it's for everybody else's. It's for interference to radio equipment but the leads are suppressed
anyway. I slung mine and it hasn't affected anything but I don't have a radio in the locost, come to think of it there's not much of
anything in it .
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 06:23 PM |
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Thanks Pete, I had visions of plasma torpedoes bouncing around the inside of the engine bay!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 06:43 PM |
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Might affect the radio of the car you just zoomed past though lol.
Well, more likely to do that if you didn't have suppressed leads... so i should think it'll be ok
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 06:58 PM |
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There are also some very short extensions to the HT leads as they leave the cap - I guessed suppression, can I hurl these in the direction of the
nearest landfill? (I will have the most expensive HT leads that my motor factor will donate to preserve my firms continued trade!!)
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 07:13 PM |
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Ooooo get some unsuppressed ones.
Or Race ones lol
No one will beable to listen to the radio near you
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 20/9/03 at 08:46 PM |
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dont forget part of sva is interference suppression. Dunno if they see if it affects their radio 2 or what, but it might get tested....
im wondering if an extreme case would affect electronic ignition and injection computers....
atb
steve
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 21/9/03 at 06:59 AM |
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TBH, it should be ok without the metal cap.... but keep the HT lead extension bits and good quality leads.
Dont see the need to remove those extension bits, unless they are in the way
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 21/9/03 at 08:25 PM |
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What do the little extension bits do?
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 21/9/03 at 08:33 PM |
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Got a picture of them ??
Heat covers maybe..... stop melting the the lead ends ???
Not sure what they look like ?!
[Edited on 21/9/03 by Ben_Copeland]
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Stu16v
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| posted on 21/9/03 at 10:53 PM |
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quote:
im wondering if an extreme case would affect electronic ignition and injection computers....
Spot on Steve, although it isnt necessarily 'extreme' cases. Most engines that run with ECU's are sensitive to ignition
'noise'. If it is picked up in a sensor wire, the ECU becomes a tad confused.....
Dont just build it.....make it!
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/9/03 at 10:27 AM |
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im wondering if an extreme case would affect electronic ignition and injection
It's on a pinto, one step up from Flintstone technology. I slung them as well as the bean can and put a set of good silicone leads on. It
passed SVA with them.
yours, Pete.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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